Impact of an emergency department nursing intervention on continuity of care, self-care, and psychological symptoms

Table 1 The observed indicators of continuity of care between the two groups of patients are compared

Group	Re-visit rate	Hospitalization rate	Recurrence rate
Observation group (n = 60)	10 (16.67)	15 (25.00)	20 (33.33)
Control group (n = 60)	40 (66.67)	50 (83.33)	54 (90.00)
χ2	7.281	6.310	5.431
P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Table 2 Comparison of activities of daily living scores between the two groups before and after the intervention

Group	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
Observation group (n = 60)	44.37 ± 7.32	96.74 ± 9.91a
Control group (n = 60)	43.28 ± 6.24	85.66 ± 8.78a
T value	0.124	8.732
P value	0.938	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs pre-intervention group.

Table 3 Comparison of self-care ability between the two groups before and after intervention (mean ± SD, points)

Group	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Barthel index rating scale score difference
Observation group (n = 60)	52.34 ± 6.85	78.63 ± 5.44a	26.28 ± 6.62
Control group (n = 60)	52.00 ± 6.32	69.72 ± 5.81a	17.72 ± 4.55
T value	0.209	6.330	6.032
P value	0.835	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs pre-intervention group.

Table 4 Comparison of Symptom Self-Rating Scale scores before and after the intervention in the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Group	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	Poor SCL-90 score
Observation group (n = 60)	234.69 ± 25.35	162.44 ± 15.48a	72.25 ± 20.00
Control group (n = 60)	235.50 ± 26.29	187.41 ± 16.53a	48.09 ± 17.45
T value	-0.126	6.236	5.149
P value	0.900	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs pre-intervention group. SCL-90: Symptom Self-Rating Scale.